Newt News

As I'm transitioning to a new release model, with a more direct focus, I think it's time to do some (spring?) cleaning. Within the next week I will be removing download options for all Newt OS releases based on openSUSE 13.2. While I intended to keep these available until 13.2 end of life, I don't see any point in doing so. Releases based on 42.1 will be available for a while yet, and I will announce my plans as they become relevant. So, as the title says, if you desire a copy of any old release of Newt OS, now is the time to get it.

Shortly after this post is published, I will be publishing several updates to this website. As I wrote in an earlier post, Newt OS Studio is going to become the main focus of Newt OS. The changes to this site will reflect that, making Newt OS Studio into Newt OS. The standard Newt OS LXDE and Gnome downloads will still be available for a while, as will Newt OS Studio LXDE. Eventually though, these will all be unpublished. My goal is to have two main options for download; a rolling and LTS release of Newt OS with the Loki desktop, that come with the creative software found in Newt OS Studio. I may also maintain a basic build with just basic software to have a smaller download size.

Today I have released the latest build of the rolling release of Newt OS Studio. This release incorporates the 7/9/2016 Tumbleweed updates, and has proven to be quite stable. I have had no issues on my machine, which successfully installed this round of updates. You can download the release here.

Newt OS Studio Rolling Release

So what's changed in this release? Mostly updates. This release is based on the 7/9/2016 release of Tumbleweed, which notably fixes issues with Thunderbird. KDE framework is now at 5.23. Some Mate and Gnome components have received minor updates. The Linux kernel is now at 4.6.3. Audacity is now at 2.1.2.

I will be updating this website in the near future to reflect this new release. It is likely that this will become the main release of Newt OS, with a more stable Leap-based appliance also available. That will mean some remodelling of the site, so please bear with me while I get it done.